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Tora! Tora! Tora!
Song	Tora! Tora! Tora!
By	Depeche Mode
Songwriter	Martin L. Gore
Produced by	Depeche Mode Daniel Miller
Recorded at	Blackwing Studios (London)
Length (mm:ss)	4:34
Tempo	120 BPM
Time signature	4 4
Key	D Major
Engineered by	Eric Radcliffe John Fryer
Originally released	6 November 1981
Live performances as Depeche Mode	115 times *
Total live performances	115 times *

"Tora! Tora! Tora!" is a song from the 1981 album Speak & Spell by Depeche Mode.

Lyrics

Tora! Tora! Tora!

They were raining from the sky

Exploding in my heart

Is this a love in disguise

Or just a form of modern art

From the skies you could almost hear them cry

Tora! Tora! Tora!

In the town they were going down

Tora! Tora! Tora!

I had a nightmare only yesterday

You played a skeleton

You took my love then died that day

I played an American

From the skies you can almost hear them cry

Tora! Tora! Tora!

In the town they were going down

Tora! Tora! Tora!

I played an American

Songwriter: Martin L. Gore
Publishing Information: ©1981 Musical Moments Ltd./Sony Music Publishing Ltd.. All rights reserved.

Live performances

Main article: Available recordings of "Tora! Tora! Tora!"

Main article: List of dates where "Tora! Tora! Tora!" was played

Live versions

This section provides examples of live versions of Tora! Tora! Tora! from each tour that it was played. The recordings from 1981-09-29 Paris, 1982-02-21 Glasgow and 1982-10-25 London are generally regarded as the best sounding versions out of these examples.

1980 Tour

• Play 1980-10-30 Bridge House, London, England, UK (Audience)
• Play 1980-11-14 Technical College, Southend-On-Sea, Essex, England, UK (Audience)

1981 Tour

• Play 1981-06-27 Crocs, Rayleigh, Essex, England, UK (Soundboard)
• Play 1981-09-29 Les Bains Douches, Paris, France (pre-FM broadcast)

1982 See You Tour

• Play 1982-02-21 Tiffany's, Glasgow, Scotland, UK (FM broadcast)
• Play 1982-03-28 De Lantaren, Rotterdam, The Netherlands (FM broadcast)

1982-1983 A Broken Frame Tour

• Play 1982-10-25 Hammersmith Odeon, London, England, UK (Soundboard)
• Play 1983-05-28 Euro Festival, Vechtewiese, Schüttorf, Germany (Audience)